About Scale Weight - Moving Beyond the Magic Wand

Sad to say, but the whole idea of working to achieve a healthy weight is quite unpopular. Individuals who seek my help as an RN, Clinical Hypnotherapist often come looking for my magic wand.. Of course, I don’t have one! Self-hypnosis is a powerful resource, but it is not magic. The suggestions must be on target & the participant must be willing to practice regularly with a desire to build a heightened awareness of Self. It also helps to decide to fall in love with the process.

I hear a lot about wanting to be successful at this, that or the other. There are those who want to lose weight or to be motivated to exercise, or to write a book. . It's so easy to chat about being successful. I enjoy observing these conversations, especially when the deliverer is very animated about what they want or how they view the actual success. Money & fame seems to flow with little or no obstruction. There is little discussion about the consistent & persistent work involved.

Yesterday I received a call from someone who was thinking about becoming a hypnotherapist & developing CD programs, as I have done. He wanted to know how to go about it & how quickly it would take him to build a practice & be successful. Ouch… Success takes time. Ideas need to germinate. Creating with a gun to the head usually doesn't work. The idea of working continually for ten to fifteen years on something is usually not what someone has in mind when wanting to experience success.

It's the same with weight loss & management. How long do I have to eat like this? The idea that the body & mind only need high level nutrition some of the time is a totally rediculous comment, yet I hear it over & over. So if you want to attain a healthy weight, let me point you in that direction.

Do you know what your body needs in order to burn fat & not break down your very valuable lean body mass ? How about the stress connection to burning fat or how much exercise your body can take in relation to the amount of food you are eating? Do you know how often to eat or how much protein your body needs? Is your working knowledge where it needs to be? Do you know how to implement it? Remember, your body & mind are complex organisms needing special care….& not just for the weekend.

Unfortunately, here’s whats real in our society. Pretend you are a fly in my office & listen to the commentary. I want to be a size 6. I want to weigh 110 pounds. My daughter is getting married & I need to look good for the wedding. Summer is coming & I want to wear my bikini. I need to get this over & done with. How long will it take to drop 2 sizes?

And then...the roadblocks or excuses.

I need to be able to eat what my husband eats, because I don't have time to cook twice. I don't know how to cook & I have no time to do so. I don't like healthy food. I can't swallow vegetables. There is candy in my office. Others bring in cookies & cakes. I go to lots of parties & I have to eat what the hostess prepares. I don't have any control about food choices because of my family. I have to go out to lunch every day & all that is available is fast food. I can't exercise because I'm too busy, it's too hot, it's dark in the morning, it's dark in the evening, I need a partner, I don't like it, etc.

And then....the request for magic.

Can't you just hypnotize me so the weight comes off, so I lose my belly, so my hips desolve, so my thighs don't rub, etc. etc.? So what do you think of those fat burning pills that work when you sleep. That's sounds about right for me.

While I've been finger-pointing at my disorderly eating groupies, I find the same mindset to successful achieving in just about all areas of desire. It's one thing to want & quite another to work continually to get it. Whether one wants to write & publish a book, or to win the Olympics, the rules remain the same. It's simply not enough to have talent. If you want to be a writer, you have to write. If you want to publish your writing, you need to do the things necessary to accomplish that. Want to win the Olympics? Well, first you need to lace your skates & step on the ice or do whatever your sport of choice demands...... And, you must do these things over & over, as well as fall in love with your Self competition.

So magic is out...........knowledge, awareness & consistent work is in. This is the road to success.

Elizabeth Bohorquez, RN, C.Ht is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, President & Program Designer for Sarasota Medical & Sports Hypnosis Institute located in Sarasota, FL & online at www.hypnosis-audio.com & www.sugar-addiction.com She is the author of Sugar....the Hidden Eating Disorder & How to Lick It, Beyond Disorderly Eating...The Truth About Sugar, Bingeing & How to Stop, as well as The MindBody Fitness Boot Camp... Lifestyle Change Made Easy. She has also written & produced +350 audio CD's & mp3's. The websites include moderated discussion groups, ezines, library & a host of other educational tools for learning Interactive Self-Hypnosis. Visit the online Boot Camp & work directly with the author. Download a free mp3 each month.

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